Brown rice pilaf
This is the easiest dinner in the world to make, especially if you have leftover rice. I made it the night before …
Vegetable wraps with black beans
These are a great way of using up leftover veg – I cooked some sweet potatoes from scratch and used leftover sweetcorn, …
Mushroom risotto
The mixture of fresh and dried mushrooms gives this a really deep mushroom flavour – omit the dried mushrooms and/or mushroom liquid …
Lentil soup
Warming, spicy lentil soup, perfect for a cold day. Serve with bread, if you like. Serves 4 180g red lentils 1 red …
Squash and goat’s cheese bake
I tend to make this in pyrex because it’s easier, but if you want it to look more impressive you can roast …
Blue cheese pasta sauce
We sometimes make a variant of this with loads of blue cheese and sour cream, which makes it really rich. This was …
Sweet potato and haloumi curry
My housemate at uni and I invented this one evening when vaguely aiming for saag paneer… we decided that haloumi would be …
Pasta with caramelised onions, goat’s cheese and spinach (“Padana” pasta)
My favourite Pizza Express pizza is the Padana, which is tomato sauce, caramelised onions, goat’s cheese, spinach and mozzarella. This combines those …
Herby tomato and bean soup
Perfect cold-weather lunch. We had 6 people sitting on the floor of our tiny flat trying not to drip tomato soup on …
Rogan josh (ish) chickpea curry
My boyfriend had a yen for a really thick, saucey curry, but one without loads of cream, so we came up with …
Butternut squash and pepper soup, with roasted garlic and parmesan cream
The first time I cooked for my boyfriend’s family, I made this soup as a starter. It’s pretty filling, actually, so will …
Butternut squash and chestnut wellington
I’m calling this a wellington, but it’s really a giant pasty full of tasty things… You will need (serves 8, with roast …
Veggie burritos with black beans, and lime and coriander rice
We’re both big fans of Mission Burrito and Benito’s Hat, so decided to recreate their veggie burrito at home. You will need: …
Pizza
In a half-arsed attempt to eat more healthily, I made pizza from scratch instead of getting it from Domino’s. Hmm. For the …
Curry feast
I saw this recipe in the Guardian during the week and decided to attempt it at home over the weekend – with …
Mushroom and pea risotto with asparagus
This is a quick, easy, filling meal, which can be made with anything you’ve got lying about: cheese, green veg, other veg, …
Caramelised onion, spinach and goat’s cheese tart, with sweet potato wedges
Block/pack puff pastry 2 red onions Vinegar (preferably balsamic, but it doesn’t really matter) Sugar Garlic Rosemary 2 sweet potatoes Olive oil …
Tomato soup and kneidlach (dumplings)
Kneidlach are little dumplings made with matzah meal, usually eaten at Passover. They are normally made with chicken fat and then cooked …
Slow-cooked bean chilli
Lazy Saturday. Boyfriend has a cold. Distinct chill to the air outside. Time for a spicy, savoury, goopy chilli, left to simmer …
Quick chickpea and sweet potato curry
This is one of those “what have we got in the cupboard/fridge?” meals, and there are a million variations. We had the …